Game-table.



PA TENTED AUG. .4, 1903.

G. A. WHITE.

GAME TABLE. APPLICATION FILED ov. 25,1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

GEORGE A. WHITE, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

GAM E-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 35,186, dated August4, 1903.

Application filed November 25, 1901. Serial No. 83,650. (No model.)

To all w/wm it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in game-tables, and the main objectof my improvement is to make the game simple and attractive.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my game-table.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the main portion of the same on theline a; a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line yy ofFig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detached front elevation of one of thebanner-tablets belonging to my game-table.

A designates the table, supported upon any suitable support or legs 5 ofits own or placed upon the top of any ordinary table, as may be desired.The top of my table is in three sectionsa horizontal portion 6 at thelower end, an intermediate inclined portion 7, and an upper inclinedportion 8 of less inclination than the intermediate portion 7. Both ofthe end portions 6 and'S are rounded and provided with guards or wards 910 to avoid angular corners and to direct the balls on their returnmovement. At the lower end is a central ward or deflector 11 to preventthe ball from following closely the guard 9. The lower end or horizontalportion 6 of the tabletop has a series ofnumbered pockets 12,which maybe given any desired numbers, preferably numbered substantially asshown, with proportionately higher numbers on the pockets that are theleast likely to have a ball lodge in them. At one side of the tablethere is a guard or ward 13, extending from bottom to top of the middleinclined portion 7 and forming with the side guard 14 on that side atrough or passage-way for shooting a ball of any desired kind-as, forexample, a ball of somewhat yielding material, like those used forbase-ball, or of solid unyielding ma terial, like the balls used inbilliards. Across the table near the junction of the portions 7 and 8 Iarrange a series of pins 15, separated from each othera little more thanthe diameter of the balls to be employed, and between ber marked on thesaid tablet.

most of the said pins I have swinging banner-tablets 16, pivoted to thesaidpins by means of trunnions 17, Fig. 4, at their upper ends, so thatwhen a ballcoming from above strikes the said tablets they may swing ontheir trunnions and let the ball pass downwardly between the pins 15. Inorder to prevent the balls from rolling directly down toward the lowerend after passing one of the banner-tablets, I arrange a staggeredseries of pins 18 on the middle inclined portion 7 of the table tocompel the ball to travel in a zigzag course in passing down theincline. Two pins 19 in this series are pivoted to the table by a pin20, Fig. 2, so that they may swing downwardly under the force of theball which strikes them, and underneath the table I hang a bell 21,connected by a wire or rod 22 to the lower end of the pin 19, wherebywhenever either one of the pins 19 is hit by a ball the bell will ring.At the central space between the pins 15 I omit the swinging or bannertablet and in the table make a slight pocket or ball-seat 23, upon whichto set a spot-ball. At any convenient place ad jacent to the lower endof the main ball-passage I arrange a cue-rest 24 of any ordinaryconstruction. The banner-tablets may be given any desired numbers; but Iprefer to give the highest numbers to the middle tablets, as they arecomparatively harder to hit than the tablets nearer the sides of thetable.

In playing the game a spot-ball is placed on the seat or pocket 23 and aball is shot upwardly in the ball-passage by means of a billiard-cue. Ifthe ball fails to pass through the said passage to the upper end portion8 of the table, it will roll downwardly to the lower horizontal portion6. If it comes to rest outside of any of the pockets 12, it countsnothing, but if it rests in any one of the said pockets it countsWhatever the number of that pocket may be. If the ball passes throughthe ball-passage to the upper portions of the table, it will rolldownwardly and must pass between thepins 15. If itstrikesanddeflects oneof the banner-tablets, it counts the num- It it'strikes the spot-ball inthe seat or socket 23 and starts the said ball out of said seat, both ofthe balls roll downwardly, and if either of them hits one of the pins 19and rings the bell it counts the number .given to the saidbell-pins, andat the lower end both balls count according to the number of the pocketsin which they may come to rest.

I claim as my improvement-- a 1. A game-table having a lower horizontalface with a series of numbered ball-pockets sunk below the said face, amiddle inclined face with a series of staggered pins distributed overand projecting from the said face, and an upper inclined face slantingin the same direction as the said middle inclined face, but at a lesserangle of inclination, substantially as described.

2. A game-table having an inclined middle face with a series ofstaggered pins distributed over the said face and projecting upwardlytherefrom, an upper table-face at a less angle of inclination, aspot-ball seat and a row of banner-tablets dividing the said two faceportions with the ball-seat in the middle of the said row and areceiving-pocket portion below the said inclined middleface,substantially as described.

3. Agame-table having an inclined portion with a series of staggeredpins distributed over its surface and projecting upwardly therefrom, anda lower horizontal portion with aseries of shallow and numberedball-pockets within which the balls come to rest after rolling downthrough thesaid series of staggered pins, substantially as described.

4. A game-table having scoring devices, an inclined middle portion witha series of staggered pins projecting from its face, an inclosedball-passage extending longitudinally of the said inclined middleportion and to one side of the series of staggered pins, and an inclinedupper portion slantingin the same direction as the said middle portionon a lesser angle of inclination, the said inclined upper portioncommunicating with both of the said two parts of the said inclinedmiddle portion, substantially as described.

5. A game-table having a receiving-pocket port-ion, an inclined middleportion with a series of staggered pins projecting from its face, aninclosed ball-passage extending longitudinally of the said inclinedmiddle portion at one side of the said series of staggered pins, anupper portion of the table above the said series of staggered pins andball-passage and a series of numbered banner-tablets dividing the seriesof staggered pins from the said upper portion and extending from theupper end of the said ball-passage to the side of the table opposite thesaid passage, substantially as described.

6. A game-table having a lower horizontal table portion with a series ofnumbered ballpockets on its face, an intermediate inclined table portionhaving an inclosed ball-passage at one side and a series of staggeredpins proj ecting from its upper face outside of the said ball-passage,and an upper inclined table portion at a lesser angle of inclinationthan the said intermediate portion and of a semicircular form, the saidball-passage leading to the said semicircular and lesser inclined uppertable portion, substantially as described.

7. A game-table having an inclined middle portion, and a series ofstaggered pins projecting from the face of the said middle portion, oneof the pins of the said series being hinged and connected with signalingdevices, substantially as described.

8. A game-table having an inclined middle portion, a series of rigidpins projecting up wardly from the face of the said portion, and ahinged pin arranged within the said series and also standing up from theface of the said inclined portion, the said hinged pin being connectedwith signaling devices, substantially as described.

9. A game-table having on its face a series of staggered pins projectingupwardly, a hinged pin constituting one of the said series of staggeredpins and also projecting upwardly from the said table and a bellunderneath the said table and connected with the said hinged pin,substantially as described.

10. A game-table having an inclined middle portion, and a series ofhinged and rigid pins projecting upwardly therefrom, the said pins beingarranged in a staggered form with the hinged pins standing in positionwith the rigid pins to give the said staggered form, and the said hingedpin being connected with signaling devices, substantially as described.

11. A game-table having a series of staggered pins projecting from itsface, and a hinged pin connected with abell and arranged within the saidseries of staggered pins to form a continuation of the said series,substantially as described.

12. A game-table having scoring devices, an inclined middle tableportion with an inclosed ball-passage at one side thereof, an upperinclined table portion into which the said ball-passage leads, theinclination of the said upper table portion being at a lesser angle thanthat of the said inclined middle portion, a series of pins extendingtransversely near the junction of the said two differentlyrinclinedtable portions, a seat for a spot-ball between the two middle pins inthe said series and banner-tablets hung between the other pins of thesaid series, substantially as described.

13. A game-table having a lower end portion with a numbered series ofshallow ballpockets for the ball to restin, an intermediate inclinedportion having a series of staggered pins, an upper end portion abovethe said series of staggered pins, a series of numbered swinging tabletsbetween the said upper and intermediate portions with an open space inthe middle of the said tablets and a spot-ball seat within the said openspace, substantially as described.

14. A game-table having a lower horizontal portion with a numberedseries of shallow ball-pockets for the ball to come to rest in, anintermediate inclined portion havinga projecting series of staggeredpins, an upper end table portion above thesaid intermediate in cline andan inclosed ball-passage on one side connecting at its upper and lowerends with the said upper and lower table portions, while the saidintermediate inclined table portion is separated from the saidball-passage, substantially as described.

15. A game-table having the intermediate inclined table-face, a lowerhorizontal face provided with a series of staggered pins, having aseries of numbered ball-pockets for the ball to come to a rest in, asemicircular guard 9, at that side of the series of ball-pockets that isfarthest from the said inclined tableface and a small central deflector11, at the middle of the said guard, substantially as described.

16. Agame-table having at one side an inclosed and inclined ball-passagefor shooting a ball upwardly therethrough, an upper table- 7 face at theupper end of the said ball-passage for the ball to change its courseupon, an intermediate inclined table-face having a series of staggeredpins slanting downwardly from the said upper table-face for the ball toroll down, the side edges of the said intermediate table-face beingparallel, a horizontal lower table-face having pockets for the ball tocome to a rest upon, the said horizontal face being of a semicircularform with its curved sides meeting the said parallel sides of the saidintermediate inclined table-face and a guard with central deflector atthe curved edge of the said lower table-face, substantially asdescribed.

17. In a game-table, the lower horizontal table-face having a series ofnumbered ball pockets for the ball to come to a rest in, a guardextending in substantially a semicircle around that side of the saidface that is nearest to the end of the table, and a triangular deflector11, at the middle of the said guard to prevent the ball from followingthe curve of the said guard, substantially as described.

18. A game-table having at one side an inclosed and inclinedball-passage for having a ball shot upwardly therethrough, an uppertable-face at the upper end of the said ballpassage for the ball tochange its course upon, an intermediate inclined table-face slantingdownwardly from the said upper face for the ball to roll down, the saidintermediate face having a series of staggered pins, a horizontal lowertable-face having a series of numbered ball-pockets for the ball to cometo a rest in, and a semicircular guard and central deflector on thatside of the said series of ball-pockets that is farthest from the saidupper table-face, substantially as described.

19. A game-table having at one side an inclosed and inclinedball-passage for having a ball shot upwardly therethrough, an upper andvery slightly-inclined table-face for the ball to change its courseupon, a seat for a spot-ball in the middle portion of the board near thejunction of the said upper face with the intermediate inclinedtable-face, a series of banner-tablets extending laterally on each sideof the said spot-ball seat, an intermediate inclined table-face for theball to roll down and accelerate its speed, a series of staggered pinson the said intermediate face to prevent too great an acceleration ofthe downwardly-rolling ball, and a lower horizontal table-face having aseries of shallow ball-pockets for the balls to come to a rest in,substantially as described.

GEORGE A. WHITE. \Vitnesses:

H. G. BROWN, 13. O. BARNARD.

